Professor @uOttawa, adjunct @unistra; Organic chemistry, catalysis, origin of life. Dad of 3. @moranlabchem.bsky.social
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“This is probably the coolest experiment in organic chemistry,” said Peter Somfai, a member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, speaking at today's announcement
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Scientists find that life on earth had not one, but two origins
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RIP Rudy Marcus. Never met him but he inspired me, being a fellow Montrealer and NRC postdoc.
It is with great sadness that I share that Rudy Marcus passed away last night. Rudy was like a father to me, and we will miss him deeply. You will always be in our hearts.
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I'm very happy to have given my first international talk at the #Origins2026! It was a great experience. A big thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially the @MoranLabChem
Congrats to recent PhD graduate Maciej Piejko for winning the thesis prize from the Fondation Jean-Marie Lehn! Your future is bright!
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An unforgettable week at #FACSXX in Ottawa, first time to be held in Canada. I'm honored to receive the Best Poster Presentation Award! Thanks to Prof. Blakey for his valuable feedback. Congrats to my @TheNewmanLab colleagues Kostya and Mario for such wonderful presentations!
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A Nonenzymatic Analogue of the Biosynthesis of Pyridoxal Vitamers | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Enzymes use strong electric fields to catalyze metabolism. Could abiotic electric fields have kickstarted a proto-metabolism before enzymes? @nnogalchem and Bora's paper in @J_A_C_S hints that, at least for pyridoxal biosynthesis, the answer might be yes.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c01677
Enzymes use strong electric fields to catalyze metabolism. Could abiotic electric fields have kickstarted a proto-metabolism before enzymes? @nnogalchem and Bora's paper in @J_A_C_S hints that, at least for pyridoxal biosynthesis, the answer might be yes.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c01677
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A milestone day for our team with the publication of our work on biocatalytic cascades for macrocyclic peptide manufacturing. This establishes a new beachhead in the synthesis of this important new modality for the industry! #MerckChemistry
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The WSJ wants to know "what happens when Europeans find out how poor they are."
I'm a European running a family office / living in Monaco. Let me run the numbers for Joseph Sternberg.
Spoiler: per-capita GDP is the most misleading stat in this entire debate.🧵
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The next generation know that Canada’s land and waters are worth protecting — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.
Congrats, @beth_elacqua !
ACS Materials Au recognizes early career scientists who represent the depth, breadth, diversity, and interconnectivity of materials science being conducted across the globe: go.acs.org/e3m
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Congratulations to all, especially my colleague, Beth Elacqua!!
ACS Materials Au recognizes early career scientists who represent the depth, breadth, diversity, and interconnectivity of materials science being conducted across the globe: go.acs.org/e3m
ALT Promotional graphic with 14 headshots and the text: ‘ACS Materials Au. Open Access. 2025 Rising Stars in Materials Science’
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Hiranya Peiris in Nature Astronomy. On the surface, a piece about LLMs, but really about meaningful science, the crucial role of mentors, and the constraints of academic employment.
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πスタッキングやπ–πスタッキングは使うのをやめましょうという警鐘論文。これは良い。
#学ぶの論文紹介
Rethinking the Terms “π-Stacking” and “π–π Stacking” Again: A Proposal to Clarify the Language of Aromatic Interactions | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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